Wooden shipping case



A. H. GODKEVITCH.

WOODEN SHIPPING CASE. APPLICATION FILED NOV.15, 19.21.

1 A23, 3 1 7, Patented July 18, 1922.

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- T all to item it may concern I invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wooden Shipping Cases, of which automatic locking form, includes two '3-3 of Fig. 2,

of the cover the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the type of construction covered by my prior patent 1,391,- 470, issued September 20th, 1921. Broadly considered, I seek to secure the same general objects by my present invention as those secured by my previous construction, namely to prevent the case from being opened with- 5 out leaving tell-tale evidence that it has been tampered with.

A further object of my present invention is to provide simple means for locking the cover of the'caseat each corner'to both of the two adjacent side walls, and at the same time lock the sidewalls together. Thus, when the cover is once closed, it cannot be removed, and neither can either the sides or the ends be removed. My improved device, in "its preferred members, one of which forms a rigid connection between the side and end walls, and the other, which is car ried by the cover, automatically interlocks therewith upon the closing of the cover.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a case in which my improved fastening means may be employed, I

Fig. 2 is a vertical section in the vicinity of one of the corners thereof,

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a transverse-section on the line Fig. 4: is a perspective view of onemember locking device, a part being removed, I

Fig. dis a similar view of the inner side of the part removed from the member shown in Fig. at, but on a smaller scale.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a locking bracket which may be employed in each of the lower corners, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a securing bracket which may be used in the corner intermediate of the top and bottom.

I have illustrated my invention as applied to a wooden shipping case having a cover 10, side walls 11, end walls 12,'and a bottom wall 13. The case may have bars let extending transversely of the boards of Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 15, 1921.

and the side '15 extending 16 and theoth "on pivots 2824, and

to a pair of studs 26, and arm and which also serve shown in Fig. 6.

the inner surface Patented an is, 1922. Serial No. 515,221.

each end thereof, have similar bars adjacent to eachend and terminating at the ends of the bars 14.

The cover at each corner is provided with a locking member which includes a body portion preferably formed of heavy sheet the cover and bottom at walls may vertically metal and bent to form flanges 16 and 17 at right angles to each other, and a top formed of overlapping flanges 18 and 19, one being directly integral with the er directlyintegralwitht e flange 17. The two flanges or plate porportions-16 and 17. These'dogs are mounted are pressed, away from the angle in planes at right angles to each other by a spring 25; This springis illustrated as having-fa loop portion secured portions. '27 engaging with the dogsadjacent to their free ends. The locking member may also be provided with a plate portion 28 including two flanges at right angles a) each other, and of approximately the same shape as the flanges '16 and 17. This angle plate 28 may be secured in place by the ends of the pivot pins 2324, which may be shouldered and riveted over. It mayalso be held in spaced relationship to the flanges 16 and 17 by lugs 29 on the edges of said flanges as stops to limit the outward movement' of the dogs. It will be noted that the ends of the flanges or plate portions 16 and 17, as well as the ends of the dogs 20- and 21, are tapered so as to more effectively guidethe device into position upon closing-the cover.

Rigidly secured to the inner surface of 1s preferably constructed substantially as portions 3Q which This includes terminal a lie in planes at right angles to eachother, and e which may be directly bolted to the side and'end walls of the case, and intermediate portions 31132 which are adapted to lie adjacent to. but spaced from said side and end walls of the case. Thespacingof-the portions 31-32 from thecase walls, as well as the length of these portions, is such that the locking member carried by the cover may slide down of the case at thecorrier wall. The retainer member is so Thus the strain on between the portions 31-32 and the case positioned that when the cover reaches final position, the dogs 202l may swing away from the corner in planes at right angles to each other, and engage beneath the connecting portions 33-3l between the portions terminal portion 30. This retainer memher being rigidly bolted to both the side and the end walls, etliectively locks them together and prevents the removal of either the side wall or the end wallv It also serves to engage with the member of the locking device which is carried by the cover, so as to hold the cover to both the side wall and the end wall. It will be noted that the dogs 20-21 engage beneath the portions 33-3d ot the retainer, and that these portions are closely adjacent to the terminals 30 which are directly bolted to the walls of the case.

the retainer member resulting from the attempt to raise the cover, comes adjacent to the point where such strain can be most eflectively resisted, namely at the securing bolts.

It will of course be evident that the same locking means may be employed ateachof the four lower corners for holding the bottom in place as is employed at each of the tour upper corners for holding the cover in place, but ordinarily this is not necessary, and I employ a bracket which may be constructed substantially as shown in Fig. 7, and which is similar in most respects to the body portion of the locking member carried by the cover. That is, it is formed of sheet metal bent to form a pair of flanges or plate portions 36-37, which may be bolted to the side and end walls, and a bottom portion formed of superposed flanges or plate portions 38-39, one directly integral wit-h the part 36 and the other directly integral with the part 37, and secured together and to the bottom by a suitable bolt. For preventing the removal of any one of the intermediate boards of the side or end walls, I may provide intermediate'brackets including angle strips 40, the two flanges of which may be directly bolted to the side and end walls of the case. There may be as many of these angle brackets as there are intermediate boards in said side and end walls,

The necessityfor employing these intermediate bracket members may be avoided and the intermediate boards of the bottom and top effectively securedin place itthe case be provided with bars 14: and 15 encircling the case adjacent to the opposite ends. Although these bars may be omitted in some cases, it will be obvious that when they are employed bolted through the lockingmembers are the walls to these bars, and

that therefore the locking members serve to connect the parts together as two bandsen- 31*32 and the said catch members upon thereof, oneot said members being circling the case, and effectively prevent the removal of any of the boards of the top, bottom or'side walls;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and'desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A shipping case having a fastening device including a member secured to and engaging a side and an end wall of the case at a corner, anda member secured to the third wall at said corner, and engaging with said first mentioned member to lock said third wall to both of the other two walls upon the closing of the case.

2. A shipplng case having a cover provided with a pair of catch members projecting downwardly therefrom at the corner, and means secured to the inner surface of the end walland to the inner surface of the side wall for interlocking engagement with the closing of the case.

3. A shippingcase having a cover provided with a pair of depending flange members in planes at right angles to-each other and positioned to lie adjacent to the inner surfaces of aside and an end'wall at a'corner of the case, and means carried by said flange members for interlocking engagement with surfaces of a side and an end wall at a corner of the case, and a pair of pivoted catches secured to said flanges for interlocking engagement with the side and end 1 walls upon the closing of the case.

5. A shipping case having a cover provided with a pair of depending flange members in planes and positioned surfaces of a side and an end wall at a corner of the case, pair of catches pivotally mounted on said flange members and 'mov-r able in planes at right angles to each other,

at right angles to each other to lie adjacent to the inner and a retainer member secured to the side.

and end walls of: thecase for interlocking engagement with both of said catches.

'6. A shipping case, including'a member having a pair of catches secured thereto and movable in planes at right angles to each other and adapted to lie adjacent to the inner surfaces of two intersecting walls of the case at a corner, and a member for in terlocking engagement with said catches to prevent the opening of the cover after it has -1 once been closed.

7. A shipping case having a pair. of interengagmg members positioned at a corner secured to the cover of the case, and the other being secured to the inner surface of the side and end walls, and one of said members having a pair of pivoted catches movable in planes at right angles to each other adapted to interlock with the other member.

8. A locking means for shipping cases, including a pair of flanges adapted to be secured to the inner surface of the cover in planes at right angles to each other, a pair of catches pivoted to said flanges, and a strap member having its end portions adapted to be secured to the inner surfaces of the end and side Walls of the case and having an intermediate portion spaced from said side and end walls at the corner flanges and catches, and automatically engage with the latter.

9. A locking means for shipping cases, including a pair of flanges adapted to be secured to the inner surface of the cover in to receive said planes at right angles to each other, a pair of catches pivoted to said flanges, and a member adapted to be secured to the side and end walls of the case for'interlocking engagement With said catches. w

10. A locking device for shipping cases, inclgding a member adapted to be secured to t senting a pair of pivoted catches movable in planes at right anglesto each other, and a member adapted to be secured to the inner surface of the side and end Wallsof the case for connecting the latter, and having spaced portions for interlocking engagement With said catches. I

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this 14th day of November A. D. 1921.

ABRAHAM H. GODKEVITCH.

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